The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"My lord, there is news from Guangning." When the night just fell, Wang Meng brought the news that Zhang Fan needed most now. "Those people have already been caught, and they are all alive."

"Really," Zhang Fan was immediately aroused when he heard the news, "He was arrested, but there is news, can you ask me anything?" He immediately asked what he was most concerned about.

"Not yet," Wang Meng said, and then handed a letter to Zhang Fan, "Please read the details yourself, Your Excellency."

Although Wang Meng didn't say what the specific situation was, he didn't even say what was going on, but since the previous sentence, it means that nothing has been asked yet, that is to say, the matter is up to now. There was still no progress. Although the letter was held in his hand and there were several pieces of paper in it, Zhang Fan was not optimistic about it. He didn't think there was any news he wanted to see.

But this kind of thing, if you haven't read it, you won't know it. Therefore, even though you don't have much expectation for it in your heart, Zhang Fan still opened it and read it carefully.

The letter was written by Wang Degui himself, which can be seen from the not too proficient handwriting. It was the day after Zhang Fan and the others left Guangningwei, that is, the day Zhang Fan and the others crossed the Liaohe River. , early in the morning, Wang Degui and others found those few people who were hiding.

Although the letter is not very detailed, but in general, I know that these people are hiding in an abandoned temple not far from the northeast of Quang Ninh. Speaking of which, this kind of place is indeed a good place for Tibetans , and the location of the abandoned temple is relatively remote, and it is not easy to find.

But how to find these people is not important, the important thing is that people have been found, but there is still a problem. As mentioned before, on the day Tang Wu died, there were five people who had disputes with him. One, and these five people are all rogues, and everyone in Guangning knows this.

But Wang Degui and the others caught only four people, and one was missing, and even if they asked the whereabouts of the other one of the few people they found, they didn't know. No, it's not that they didn't know, but they asked Not coming out, it's not that these four people are really tough guys, they refused to speak up under Jin Yiwei's cross-examination, it's really because when Wang Degui caught these people, these people were already somewhat insane, as if they had met What makes them extremely scary things are generally, sometimes quiet, sometimes talking nonsense.

But Wang Degui also said that they are still trying to find ways to pry these people's mouths open and ask some useful things.

Generally speaking, this is what was written in Wang Degui's letter. However, these things made Zhang Fan feel a lot better. He was very disappointed about this before, but thinking about it carefully, Wang Degui's letter Although there is no progress, some things can be seen through these things.

"These people are crazy," Wang Meng became a little strange after reading the letter.

Indeed, it is absolutely impossible for a well-behaved person to suddenly go crazy. There must be some reason. Of course, killing someone is indeed a relatively huge stimulus. Everyone can accept it, and if a person becomes crazy because of this, it is not something that people can't understand.

However, in this case, no matter how you look at it, it is absolutely impossible for these people to go crazy because they killed someone. These people are rascals, and after so many years, they There are definitely not a few people who have bullied and beaten them. Of course, this does not mean that these people can accept that they killed a person, and there is nothing unusual about them. The records in the dossier never mentioned that they had killed anyone, but compared with ordinary people, this kind of people's resistance to such things must be much higher.

This kind of person may become suspicious when encountering such a thing, but it is indeed not easy to go crazy, and it is really not easy to go crazy. Not to mention, this time it was the four of them who went crazy together. It made things feel even more strange.

What's more, there will be a doubt in it. If these people are really crazy, why have they been hiding there so well for so many days, and they can also escape from the yamen, the army, and even Jin Yiwei? Searching and hiding there for so many days is a very strange thing in itself.

Therefore, in the letter written by Wang Degui, it seems that nothing happened. Although the person was arrested, there was no useful information. It is enough to show that there are indeed problems with these few people.

"My lord doubts that someone made them go crazy," Wang Meng looked at Zhang Fan and asked, and it wasn't difficult to think about it. After all, going crazy is too suspicious.

"It's not suspicion, it's definitely the case." Even though it would be unacceptable to make a decision without knowing the situation at all, Zhang Fan did so, and he said it with absolute certainty , "If one of them went crazy, that's reasonable, and if that's the case, let me guess, it must be the one who killed Tang Wu by mistake, but four people went crazy together, no matter how you think, it's impossible. Do it, even if you are an accomplice, it is impossible to go crazy because of this kind of thing. After all, these people have been hanging out on the street for so many years, and they are not as delicate as the boudoir lady, "

"My lord's words are very true," Wang Meng naturally couldn't pick out any contradictions in Zhang Fan's words, and it wasn't that Wang Meng wanted to pick thorns from Zhang Fan's words, but the facts should be as Zhang Fan said. In this way, there will always be exceptions, but so many exceptions occur at the same time, it is not an exception.

"It's just..." When Zhang Fan said this, he paused, "What method can be used to make so many people go crazy at the same time?"

"There should be many ways," Wang Meng said, "for example, medicine, but our people did not see what kind of medicine they were given. Although our people are not as powerful as the fifth lady, but if our people If you can't see it, this medicine is probably well-known in the Jianghu, but as far as I know, there are not many such medicines that are effective, not to mention that if someone really uses it like this, it shouldn't be Wang Gao's people, if this happens, the prisoner may not be sent by Wang Gao, this person just has a personal grievance with Tang Wu, and this is the use of these people to kill him."

"Although it is possible, I don't think it should be so," Zhang Fan said, "If it is true that someone has some personal grievances with this Tang Wu and wants to kill him, and he can get such a Yao, this person must be a member of the rivers and lakes. Even if he is not, he has something to do with the rivers and lakes. If this is the case, if it is for revenge or something, no matter what you think, you should not use the hands of others. You have to do it yourself, Wang Meng, if it were you, what would you do?"

Facing Zhang Fan's question, Wang Meng thought about it, and said: "If the humble official came to seek revenge, even if he didn't want people to know that it was the humble official who did it, but the humble official would not use other people's hands, but must be himself. Do it yourself, what the adults said is right, "

"That is to say, this matter is not a personal grievance," Zhang Fan said, "and no matter who did it, it must be because they don't want people to know who it is," Zhang Fan said.

"However, this is a bit strange to Beizhi," Wang Meng showed a puzzled expression, "If this is the case... Beizhi thinks, instead of spending this effort and driving these people crazy, why not simply kill them all?" Let them have a good time, if this is the case, it would be better if there is no proof, "

"No, this is not good," Zhang Fan shook his head and said, "In this way, we will find these corpses one day, and in addition, Liaodong is not peaceful now, let alone in Guangning. Even if these people are killed, they still don’t have time to deal with the corpses. It will be a matter of time before they are discovered. In this way, if these people are killed, no matter whether it is the government or the army, they will inevitably have suspicions, unless they are here. The person behind it only planned to kill Tang Wu and leave.

"But now, we have found these people, and they are still alive, but these people have become crazy, it is difficult for us to ask anything from their mouths, so..."

"My lord," Wang Meng had already thought of a possibility, and hurriedly said, "Whoever is behind this must be trying to delay time."

"That's right, it's just to delay time," Zhang Fan nodded solemnly, and said, "The reason for delaying time is even simpler. No matter who it is, it must still be here and not leave, and the reason for not leaving To leave, it is obviously necessary to do something, "

"That is to say..."

"That's right. Although we haven't found any evidence until now, the matter of these people has become clear. Tang Wu's death is definitely not a personal enmity, and no matter who did it, he will not stop there."

"Hearing my lord's words, I really think it makes sense," Wang Meng said, "It's just that I still haven't figured out one thing about my lord. Although my lord has only found out the things behind it from such a few clues, I think those people I'm afraid I won't be so stupid, not to mention that the more secretive this kind of thing is, the better. In this case, why do you do it now? It's not the time. If you do it, it will expose them. Why don't you wait and wait? Last month, that was the best time to do it,"

"Well, I can't figure it out," Zhang Fan was quite helpless about this question, "However, after we catch them, we will naturally ask them to explain clearly."